·noun A fall that breaks the neck.
II. Breakneck ·noun A steep place endangering the neck.
III. Breakneck ·adj Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed.
In Minories, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
North out of Bristow Street, in the precinct of Blackfriars (Elmes, 1831). Not named in the maps. ...
In Black Horse Alley, Fleet Street, leading up steep steps into the Old Bailey, opposite the Session...